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Sub-subunit

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Sub-subunit or sub-sub-unit is a subordinated element below platoon level of company-sized units or sub-units which normally might not be separately identified in authorization documents by name, number, or letter. Fireteams, squads, crews, sections and patrols are typically sub-subunits.

Types of sub-units

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Main article: Military organization § Modern hierarchy
Sub-subunits (de: Teileinheit; ru: подразделение/podrazdelenie) in various languages and armed forces
NATO symbol 		Bundeswehr English French Russian Polish
Icon Description Designation Structure Commander/leader
one dot over framed unit icon Trupp[1] 2–7 men,
Tank crew		 Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter Squad Equipe[2]
Equipage[3] 		Группа (gruppa)[4]
Звено (zveno)[5]
Расчёт (raschot)[6] 		Drużyna[7]
Two dots over framed unit icon Gruppe[8],
Halbzug 		8–12 men,
2 tank crews 		Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier Section Groupe[9][10]
Patrouille[11] 		Отделе́ние (otdelenie)
Экипаж (ekipazh)[12]
Расчёт (raschot)[13] 		Drużyna[14]
Załoga[15]
Działon[16]
Rotte[17] 2 aircraft Two-ship flight/Pair Patrouille légère Пара (para) N.N.
Three dots over framed unit icon Zug,
Hörsaal 		ca. 40 men[18] Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel Platoon Section[19] Взвод (vzvod) Pluton
Schwarm/Kette 3–4 aircraft Flight Patrouille[20]
Peloton[21] 		Звено (zveno) Klucz
four dots over framed unit icon Staffel[22] Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel Echelon[23]
 Escadrille Eskadra
Legend
  •   Army
  •   Air Force

References

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  1. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  2. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  3. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  4. ^ Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size
  5. ^ In historical context, e.g. 1930s Red Army teams
  6. ^ When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
  7. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  8. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  9. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  10. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  11. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  12. ^ Crew in most military branches, e.g. aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
  13. ^ Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
  14. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  15. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  16. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  17. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  18. ^ The personal strength, e.g. of self-contained platoons, training platoons, technical platoons, or Bundeswehr sub-subunits with platoon structure, might contain different staff.[citation needed]
  19. ^ A section with group-structure (e.g.: US Marine Corps, 8–12 soldiers) may contain, in opposite to a "Section" in France armed forces, decisive less personal strength.[citation needed]
  20. ^ In fighter aviation
  21. ^ In bomber and military transport aviation
  22. ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  23. ^ APP-6 Military Symbols for Land Based Systems. NATO. July 1986. pp. B8.
Military organization
Typical units Typical numbers Typical commander
fireteam 2–4 lance corporal,
corporal
squad,
section		 5–14 corporal,
sergeant,
staff sergeant
platoon,
troop		 15–45 second lieutenant,
first lieutenant,
lieutenant
company,
battery,
squadron		 80–250 first lieutenant,
captain,
major
battalion,
cohort		 300–1000 major,
lieutenant colonel
regiment,
brigade,
legion		 1,000–5,500 colonel,
brigadier general
division 10,000–25,000 major general
corps 30,000–50,000 lieutenant general
field army 100,000–300,000 colonel general,
general
army group,
front		 2+ field armies field marshal,
general,
admiral
region,
theater		 4+ army groups marshal of the air force,
general of the army,
admiral of the fleet
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